
Fewer-than-anticipated first-time claims for unemployment benefits were filed last week as U.S. businesses shied away from further cuts at the end of the year. Initial jobless claims dropped.....

Unlike this time last year, prospects for U.S. corporate mergers and acquisitions (M&A) appear robust heading into the new year. And that bodes well for investors astute enough to identify the... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy...

On June 1 of last year I recommended buying Campbell Soup Co. (NYSE: CPB). It was a contrarian call at the time, since many brokers and independent analysts had rated the stock a "hold." .....

Existing home sales surprised the markets by rising 7.4% to an annual rate of 6.54 million units in November, the highest since February 2007, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR)......

The early returns on the 2009 holiday shopping season show a minor gain over last year's abysmal retail sales, and next year will affirm that retailers are successfully adapting to a consumer... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy...

Americans could be in for a rude awakening in coming months when they discover the true scope of the massive national debt racked up by the U.S. government. In fact, the $1.6 trillion deficit.....

With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around the world. Top AIG Lawyer Quits Over Pay... Money Morning is here to help investors profit handsomely on this seismic shift in the global economy...

Anti-Wall Street sentiment makes for a good cover, but behind the scenes and rhetoric, legislators are working with the country's largest financial firms to fashion a new system that concentrates.....

I have been surprised to see the air thick with pessimism in recent weeks. Not so much the stock market, where the sentiment indexes show the bulls dominating the bears by slightly more than 52%. But.....

With our investment news briefs, Money Morning provides investors with a quick overview of the most important investing news stories from all around the world. Fannie, Freddie Get Blank.....

If your investing tastes run more to small-cap issues than the giants of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and other major indexes, you could find 2010's best buying opportunities before the new year.....

Forget about all the forecasts being made for 2010. Here's my prediction for 2015: An entirely new name - John A. Paulson - will grace the coveted top of the annual Forbes billionaires list. .....

By the time 2009 is in the books, the record will show that solar energy stocks endured a tough year. That's hardly a surprise, given that so many Wall Street analysts (yours truly not among them).....

Shipments from the Red Dragon were hit hard in the first 11 months this year, falling 18.8% compared to a year earlier, but are expected to bounce back and grow 6% in 2010, China's State Information.....





